You Can Call them Compotes or Footed Bowls

 

Samantha's potter's wheel, Bulldog Pottery, Seagrove, North Carolina

    This series of images are of the compotes that Samantha has been working on during the last bit of throwing in October, before we realized that we will be needing to get all of our worked bisque fired and glazed for the season. In the midst of all this beautiful fall color, we need to get some color on our pots as well. 

   We are in the middle of our glaze cycle right now preparing a body of work for the upcoming Celebration of Seagrove Potters. This annual Seagrove Pottery event takes place the weekend before Thanksgiving.   

        

      This year that date falls on November 19 and 20, 2022. There will be 20 Seagrove Potters set up inside at the Historic Luck's Cannery and around 30 potters that will be participating in the Celebration of Seagrove Potters studio tour. We will be participating in only the Pottery Tour and definitely looking forward to seeing all of you this year. Check out the Seagrove Potters website for more detailed information.

 

       The compotes that Samantha has been making are thrown in two pieces. The images show a bit of the process that Samantha took to complete this form. We use them for serving and creating a table display. It is fun to use them for dips or crackers. They give height to the table and also conserves room when it is needed especially during holidays and special occasions.  

    During the past couple of years we have focused on making our functional pottery fired in our gas brick kiln. Our focus has been on developing new glaze colors and textures that work with our Moka glaze designs. Bruce has had a good time expanding his shino glaze palette and Samantha has explored her pattern medley imagery more in depth. 

        We will have work a fresh body of shino and Moka glaze pottery for the upcoming Celebration of Seagrove Potters studio tour. See you soon!

Some bowls with a thrown footed pedestal and some bowls without

Bowls with a thrown footed pedestal upside down on a table drying. These will remain this way for a day or so, until they are dry enough to turn right side up

Footed Bowl upside down on Samantha's potters wheel

Footed Bowl right side up on Samantha's potters wheel

The pedestal bowls are decorated with dots patterns and set on newspapers to dry

The pedestal bowls are decorated with a variety of dots patterns and set on newspapers to dry

       The fall colors have been beautiful here in Seagrove and soon all the leaves will be on the ground. Another winter season is around the corner and before we know it, the New Year 2023 will begin.  

    

       It has been almost 2 years since we have worked with our crystalline glazes, and we will be looking forward to revisiting these surfaces for 2023. We are planning soon to switch over to making our crystalline pottery. Yeah!